Improvement in hay-forks



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JAMES E. LOBDELL AN D LEROY H. SMITH, OE CENTRE LISLE, NEW YORK.

Letters vPatent No. 99,449, dated February l, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT YIN HAY-FORKS.

HOM- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent andnmaking pan of the same.

*WP- I We, JAMES E. LOBDELL and LEROY H. SMITH, both of Centre Lisle, in the county of Broome, and State of' New York, have invented certain Improve-l ments in Horse Hay- Forks, of which the following is a speciiicatiou.

Our inventionrelates to that class of horse hayforks, commonly called harpoon-forks, which has a sharp point or cutting-edge, to penetrate vthe hay or straw, and from which prongs or hooks are thrown out to catch and lift the same when the fork is to. be drawn up. It is intended, moreparticularly, to be useilin connection with the combined hay-fork and hay-knife, forwhich Letters Patent were granted to James E. Lobdell, Mare-h 10, 1868.

Our invention consists in providing a movable binding-fork, attached to the niain cutting-shaft, and operated by the draught-rope, so that in hoisting the hay, the binding-fork is forced down upon it., holding it firmly on the lifting-hooks or prongs; the said binding-fork being also detachable.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l shows the posit-ion (if the parts when ready to be inserted lin the hay, without the draught-rope and rod;

Figure 2, the posit-ion ofthe saine'wheu ready to be drawn up with the hay;

Figure 3,11. separate view of the binding-tines, with draught-rod attached; and

Figure 4, a topview of t-he same.

Eignre 5, an edgewise view, and

Figure a reai' view, showing the. connection of the draught-rod with the binding-tines.

l" F are the binding-tines;

E, the draught-rod; and

la, the draught-rope. i ,y

To attach the binding-tines to the main cuttingshaft s, so that they may be moved up and down withis made in the shaft at (l, near the upper end. `Byslipping the binding-tines up tothis recess, they will become detached, and the draughtubd E will also be released, and may be drawn up through the hoolcor staple h, and taken off, as they may not ben'eerled'in some kinds of hay; but in loadingand unloading straw and tine hay the binding-tines areindispensablc.

In operating the binding-tines, the draught-rope k is attached to ,the upper end-of the rod E, and passedunder the pulley P, and thence up to the hoistingpulley, over which it passes, and then descends to the horse or other power, by which the whole is raised. By this means the binding-tines are forced down upon the hay or straw, at the same time it is being hauled up to the place where it is desired to deposit it.

'We claim, as our invention- 1. The detachable tines F F, with dovetail notch d, in combination with bar S, having notch a, substantially as shown and described. 1

2. 'lhe tines F F and bar s, constructed as described, in combination with rod E, draught-rope It, and pulley P, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

` JAMES E. LOBDELL.,

LEROY H. SMITH. Witnesses:

L. S..SMITH, H. N. HOWLAND. 

